Off the Peloponnese Coast: 17 Migrants Dead, Dozens Rescued as Ship Capsizes

Wed Jun 14 2023
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ATHENS, Greece: The Greek coastguard has said that 17 migrants died early Wednesday after their ship capsized and sank off the Peloponnese coast, while around 100 others were rescued.

The accident occurred in international waters in the Ionian Sea and had prompted an extensive rescue operation complicated by strong winds, the coastguard had said earlier. —AFP

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